{"id":178810,"date":"2021-09-23T18:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=178810"},"modified":"2021-09-23T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:24:13","slug":"mi-vs-kkr-rohit-sharma-preview-ipl-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/mi-vs-kkr-rohit-sharma-preview-ipl-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"MI vs KKR Preview: With Rohit Sharma back, Mumbai Indians eye win over KKR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After the defeat against Chennai Super Kings in their first match in second leg of IPL 2021, Mumbai Indians would want to win against KKR. With skipper Rohit Sharma back in team MI will be coming with high on confidence, considering the dominant record Mi have against KKR over the years, it shouldn\u2019t be difficult for defending champions to beat two times champion KKR. In last five years MI and KKR have played 12 times and 11 times Mumbai emerged as a winner. Eoin Morgan led side started their second leg campaign with a massive win over Kohli\u2019s RCB. Even after winning the title two times Kolkata have not been same in recent years. Currently KKR is 6th<\/sup> on the points table with 6 points in 8 matches. A win against Mumbai would take them to 4th<\/sup> in points table, leaving behind MI and RR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The match will start at 7:30 pm on Indian Standard Time, before the match starts let\u2019s have a look on both teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mumbai Indians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Rohit Sharma back in the team Mi will be confident to register their first win in second leg. Rohit has a dominant record against KKR, a total of 982 runs Hitman has scored against KKR. He just needs 18 runs to become the only batter to score 1000 runs against a single opponent. MI all-rounder Hardik Pandya is still in doubt as he is recovering from his injury, MI cannot risk him for another injury considering his selection for T20 World Cup. Fast bowling duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult MI has got a lethal attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predicted XI<\/strong>: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Cock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Saurabh Tiwary, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Adam Milne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolkata Knight Riders:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eoin Morgan led side is confident to beat Mumbai Indians, in their previous match KKR thrashed RCB by 9 wickets with more than 50 balls remaining. The young opening pair of Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer will have to face the deadly Yorkers of Bumrah and Boult in their first overs. With Russell, Morgan, Kartik, Tripathi and Rana, their middle order has got a strong line-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Also<\/strong>: IPL 2021: 5 records which Rohit Sharma can break in IPL 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predicted XI<\/strong>: Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Prasidh Krishna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players to watch-out for<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rohit Sharma:<\/strong> In previous years Hitman has smashing ball all over the park across formats. This time he will be facing his bunny KKR, it\u2019ll be interesting to see how much he scores on is return to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varun Chakravarthy:<\/strong> Varun has been a mystery spinner for batsman to play. His selection in T20 World Cup proved that he can be a game changer for India too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MI vs KKR will be broadcasting on Star Sports Network and online streaming platform Disney plus Hotstar at 7:30 pm IST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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